Texas defensive assistant coach Johnny Nansen was arrested on a misdemeanor driving while intoxicated charge and his status for a return to the sideline with the No. 1 Longhorns has not yet been determined, head coach Steve Sarkisian announced Thursday. Austin police said Nansen, 52, was arreste...
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Facing a major budget deficit and a struggling economy, the San Antonio City Council approved a 3.9% property tax increase Thursday — the city’s first in more than three decades. The 7-4 vote largely split members along socio-economic lines, with wealthier Northside districts opp...
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Facing a yawning budget gap, San Antonio’s city council voted 7-4 to raise the city’s tax rate for the first time since 1992. Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones, Marina Alderete Gavito (D7), Misty Spears (D9), and Marc Whyte (D10) voted against the tax rate. Though split, the council still n...
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A man initially accused of being a high-profile al-Qaida figure and who was tortured in CIA custody appeared Thursday at a hearing to review his detention at the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, where he has been held for 20 years without charges. A U.S. government o...
